When to Blame Victims for Negligence: Noncooperators Are Deemed Responsible for Their Own Hardship
In four preregistered studies, we tested implications from a cooperation model that explains victim-blaming as a strategic move, as a way for people to avoid the costs of helping victims (who seem to be unpromising cooperation partners) without paying the reputational cost of being seen as ungenerou...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2024-10-01
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| Series: | Evolutionary Psychology |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/14747049241297902 |